William Charles Jenkings was an Australian writer, newspaper reporter, and a well known Bondi Beach personality.
11 Facts About Bill Jenkings
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Bill Jenkings was a news and crime reporter for the Sydney newspaper The Daily Mirror, having joined the paper in 1944.
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Bill Jenkings worked as a reporter there until his retirement in 1991.
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Bill Jenkings made and maintained legendary contacts both in the underworld and the police force, and was regarded as the foremost crime reporter in Sydney for over 50 years.
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Bill Jenkings covered high-profile cases during the 1950s and 1960s, including the Graeme Thorne kidnapping, the Bogle-Chandler case, and the Wanda Beach Murders.
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Bill Jenkings was unabashed at his support for several of the men he'd met in his working life.
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Bill Jenkings had known Rupert Murdoch when Murdoch controlled The Daily Mirror, and Jenkings insisted that he was "a great boss".
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Bill Jenkings refused to believe allegations about the involvement of Sydney policemen Ray Kelly, Fred Krahe and Frank Farrell in corrupt activities, saying that he had known them personally.
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Bill Jenkings married Noreen Cecilia Simpson at St Anne's Catholic Church, Bondi, New South Wales, on 30 March 1940.
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Bill Jenkings lived with his family for most of his life in Bondi, and was known to many people as "Bondi" Bill Jenkings, and was a life member of the Bondi Surf Lifesaving Club.
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Bill Jenkings died on 12 May 1996, was cremated at the Eastern Suburbs Memorial Park at Botany, and was survived by his wife and four children.